Chemical sprayer and disinfector.



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CHEMICAL SPRAYER AND DISINFBGTOB.

APPLIOATIBN FILED 001. 13, 1910.

Dublin/ewes CHARLES F. SITES,

,0]? NEWARK, OHIO.

CHEMICAL SPRAYER AND DISINFECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Application filed October 13, 1910. Serial No. 586,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cimnnns F. Srrns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and Utate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (lhcmiuil Sprayers and Disinfectors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to apparatus for spraying or disinfecting with chemicals and has particular reference to means for spraying trees or vegetables for the purpose of destroying 'the destructive insects and bacteria which feed upon the same. I

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character which will be efficient in operation, which may be "applied to any street hydrant or other source of .water so ply, which will automatically mingle with the stream of water flowirfliig' from the hydrant a quantity of poison 'su' cient to destroy all the insects and bacteria upon the plants and which has a novel means for preventing the chemical collecting in the tank or reservoir in a solid mass that will not be dissolved by a stream of insuring the apparatus being in an operative condition at all times.

With these and other objects in view the.

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 of an apparatus embodying my invention, part of te reservoir being broken away. and in section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view through the lower portionof the reservoir and a j acent parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 2; Fi

4 is a horizontal section taken on line of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 66 in Fig. 2.

.In the drawings, I have illustrated the.

device coupled to an ordinary faucet 1 and comprising a pipe 2 having acoupling 3 adapted to removably en e the faucet as will be readily understoo A tank 4 is provided and this tank communicates with the pipe 2 throu h a short stem or dischar pipe 5 connect at one side of thecenter having a valve 6, the main pipe with the bottom of t e' lobe valve 6 mounted therein whereby the ow from the tank to the main pipe 2 may be established or out 01f at the will of the operator. The tank 4 is provided with a closure 7 which is adapted to fit air tight over the upper end of the tank and thereby prevent loss of the chemicals through evaporation when the apparatus is not in use and assure its successful 0 oration when in use. A branch pipe 8 lea s from the main pipe 2 o the upper end of the tank 4 and is provided with a cut-off valve 9 of any convenient or preferred construct-ion by which the flow ofwater from the main pipe to the tank may be regulated. Beyond the globe 2is connected to a hose section 10 fitted with a nozzle 11 through-which the mixed waterand chemk cals are discharged on to the plants to be heated.

The device being described, the cut-ofl' t) and the globe valve 6 are opened and water is then turned into. the main pipe from the hydrant or faucet 1 as will be understood. -The water will divide at the branch pipe 8 and art of the same will flow through the sai pipe and enter the tank 4 where it .will commingle with the chemicals therein and then pass through the discharge pipe 5 into the main pipe and-thence through the hose 10 and the nozzle 11. When the work has been compieted, the valve 6 and cut-oil 9 are closed and, if necessary to replenish the supply of chemicals, the cap necessary quantity of the chemical or mixture of chemicals placed in the tank, as will be understood.

In order to thoroughly mingle the chemicals with the water while passing through said tank, especially when pasty or solid chemicals are used, I provide means to prevent the chemicals from packing in the bottom of the tank, and, conseqluently, obstructing the flow. through the va ve and interfer:

ing with the successful operation of the ap have provided an paratus. To thisend I agitator 12 which is secured to the upper end of a. shaft 13 mounted in suitable liquid tight bearings it the bottom of the tank and in the upper side of the pipe 2 at one side of the discharge stem-,5 and having a water wheelll 14 on its d trica y in pi e 2 an rojectin into the ath of the fliiw througii said pi pe as will a readily understood. .The water being lower end disposed eocen coupled as shown and Y turned into the pipe 2. will flow through the same in the manner previously described and acting upon the wheel 14,'will readily rotate the shaft 13, so that the agitator 12 will be '6 caused to stir the contents of the tank and prevent the some collecting at the bottom thereof.

The a puratus arranged as described above will be found very eiiicient when liquid poison or fluid chemicals are used and reqpires no special care on the part of the operator. The device may, of course, be constructed in any desired size but will have sufficient capacity when the tank is not conspicuously large so that the discharge nozzle and the source of sup ily will both or( narily be above the horizontal plane of t e t of the tank and, consequently, the flow o Mofthe water will have suflicient force to rise Wto and ass. into the tank and mix with the chemica s therein.

My improved. spraying apparatus will ,gmtomatically mik the poison and the water itsii'that the o erator does not have any work .I to do but guide the nozzle so that the liquid e 4 therefrom will be directed upon the plants at the proper point to reach all paragitesthereomiflheapparatus is free of comiill'ated arrangements or construction and y IilLnot,, readil get out of order. It is also very durable or the same reason and will be found very oflicient for the purpose for which it is designed.

While I have described the apparatus as 86 intended particularly for spraying plants, it

may be used for other purposes such as cleaning chicken coops, dog kennels, etc.

Any chemical which is soluble or may be held in suspension can be used in the apparatus whether that chemical be poisonous or non-poisonous and, by supplying the proper agents, the device may be utilized as a fire extin uisher or to soften hard water. Having t us described my invention, what I claim is:

An apparatus for the purposes set forth comprising a pipe provided with a discharge nozzle at one end and having its opposite end adapted to be connected to a source of water supply, a chemical containing tank, a branch pipe leading from the water pipe to the tank and provided with a cut-oil, a discharge pipe lending eccentrically from the bottom of the tank to the water pipe and provided with a cut-ofl, a vertical shaft Loni-nailed eccentrically in the water pipe and aving its upper end extendin centrally into the bottom of the tank and rotatably mounted in the bottom thereof, a water wheel on the lower end of said shaft within the water pipe, and an agitator on the upper end of said shaft within the tank.

In testimony whereof Ithave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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